1938 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election

none January 2025 September 2023 1938 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election Pennsylvania presidential 1938 11 8 no 1934 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election 1934 1942 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election 1942 File:Arthur H. James (Pennsylvania governor).jpg 150x150px Arthur James Republican Party (United States) 2,035,340 53.39% File:Charles Alvin Jones.png Democratic Party (United States) Charles Alvin Jones 1,756,192 46.07% 1938 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election results map by county.svg 260px County results James: #ffb2b2 40–50% #e27f7f 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #d72f30 70–80% Jones: #7996e2 50–60% Governor George Earle Democratic Party (United States) Arthur James Republican Party (United States) The 1938 Pennsylvania gubernatorial election occurred on November 8, 1938. Incumbent Democratic governor George Howard Earle III was not a candidate for re-election. Republican candidate Arthur James defeated Democratic candidate Charles Alvin Jones to become Governor of Pennsylvania. Gifford Pinchot unsuccessfully sought the Republican nomination, while Thomas Kennedy unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination. Democratic primary Candidates Charles Alvin Jones, lawyer from Perry County Thomas Kennedy, incumbent Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania Charles J. Margiotti, incumbent Attorney General of Pennsylvania Results thumb|Democratic primary results #7996E2 Jones #A5B0FF 40%–50% #7996E2 50%–60% #6674DE 60%–70% #584CDE 70%–80% #3933E5 80%–90% #0D0596 90%–100% #51C2C2 Kennedy #7DDDDD 40%–50% #51C2C2 50%–60% #2AACAC 60%–70% #FFB380 Margiotti #FFCCAA 40%–50% |center Pennsylvania gubernatorial Democratic primary election, 1938The Pennsylvania Manual Pennsylvania Bureau of Publications 1938 Harrisburg 146 en Democratic Party (United States) Charles Alvin Jones 591,546 46.15 Democratic Party (United States) Thomas Kennedy 517,101 40.35 Democratic Party (United States) Charles J. Margiotti 173,047 13.50 1,281,694 100.00 Republican primary Candidates Arthur James, former Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania (1927–1931) James M. Jones, clerk of courts of Cambria CountyJames Jones Seeks Candidacy Backing https://books.google.com/books?id=YPYaAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA7&dq=James+M.+Jones&article_id=1419,626298&hl=en&sa 25 October 2025 The Pittsburgh Press January 16, 1938 Gifford Pinchot, former head of the United States Forest Service and Governor of Pennsylvania (1923–1927, 1931–1935) Frank P. B. Thompson, perennial candidate"Free-For-All" Battle Is Expected In GOP Primary https://books.google.com/books?id=g0syAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA1&dq 25 October 2025 The Daily Times March 29, 1938 Results thumb|Republican primary results #E27F7F James #E27F7F 50%–60% #D75D5D 60%–70% #D72F30 70%–80% #C21B18 80%–90% #FFB380 Pinchot #FFCCAA 40%–50% #FFB380 50%–60% #FF9955 60%–70% #FF7F2A 70%–80% #FF6600 80%–90% |center Pennsylvania gubernatorial Republican primary election, 1938 Republican Party (United States) Arthur James 937,592 65.61 Republican Party (United States) Gifford Pinchot 450,595 31.53 Republican Party (United States) James M. Jones 29,269 2.05 Republican Party (United States) Frank P. B. Thompson 11,591 0.81 1,429,047 100.00 Results Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 1938Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election Returns 1938 http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/harold.cox/gov/PaGov1938.html Wilkes University 20 December 2012 Republican Party (United States) Arthur James 2,035,340 53.39 Democratic Party (United States) Charles Alvin Jones 1,756,192 46.07 Socialist Party of America Jesse H. Holmes 12,635 0.33 Prohibition Party Robert G. Burnham 6,438 0.17 Communist Party Ella Reeve Bloor Omholt 1,273 0.03 N/A Others 89 0.00 |- |-bgcolor="#EEEEEE" | colspan="3" align="right" | Totals | align="right" | 3,811,967 | align="right" | 100.00% |} References 1938 Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Category:November 1938 in the United States